Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.
JEFF BEZOZWhat we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
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If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don’t do anything new.
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It’s time to go back to the Moon, this time to stay.
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In the end, we are our choices.
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We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and thy’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.
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It’s harder to be kind than clever.
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What’s dangerous is not to evolve.
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We change our tools and then our tools change us.
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To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
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The three most important things in retail are location, location, location. The three most important things for our consumer business are technology, technology, technology.
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If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that’s worth talking about.
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If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.
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Our point of view is we will sell more if we help people make purchasing decisions.
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The pain and emotional trauma caused by the racism and violence we are witnessing toward the black community has a long reach.
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If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.
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We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.
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